§ 11-21-35. Final judgment and judgment confirming partition
The final judgment of the chancery court in partition proceedings shall ascertain and settle the rights of all parties; and it, and the judgment confirming the partition, shall constitute an instrument of evidence in all questions as to the title of the lands which may be the subject of the judgment, in all courts, and […]
§ 11-21-37. Recording of judgments
Judgments making partition shall be recorded in the record book of conveyances of the county or district in which any of the lands are situated, within three (3) months after the partition is confirmed; and a partition, the judgment making which is not so deposited with the clerk for record, shall not be valid as […]
§ 11-21-39. Lien created by party binding on his share
Any mortgage or other lien executed by any joint tenant, tenant in common, or coparcener, shall remain in force on the share of such cotenant after partition, and on his share only; but this shall not prevent the holder of such mortgage or other lien from asserting claim to owelty awarded to such cotenant.
§ 11-21-41. Paramount rights not affected
Nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to injure, prejudice, defeat or destroy the estate, right, or title of any person claiming a tract of land, or any part thereof, or any piece or lot of land by title under any other person, or title paramount to the title of the joint tenants, tenants […]
§ 11-21-43. Party evicted to have partition of residue
If any person who has received a share of land partitioned, shall be evicted therefrom, or from any portion thereof, by a paramount title existing at the time of the partition, and there be a residue of land left not subject to such paramount title, the party so evicted shall be entitled to a new […]
§ 11-21-45. New partition; when
Where the partition was in kind, any joint tenant, tenant in common, or coparcener shall be entitled to a new partition at any time within one year after the first partition, provided, he shall present his sworn petition for that purpose to the chancery court which decreed the partition and shall show thereby (a) that […]
§ 11-21-15. Judgment appointing masters
If the judgment is for a partition of the land, it shall state the number of shares into which the land is to be divided, and shall appoint not more than three (3) discreet freeholders, not related to the parties by consanguinity or affinity, to make partition according to the judgment. Either party may object […]
§ 11-21-17. Oath of special commissioners
Before the special commissioners enter upon the discharge of their duties, they shall take and subscribe an oath before some competent officer, that they will honestly, faithfully and impartially make the partition decreed, and perform the duties required of them to the best of their skill, knowledge and judgment.
§ 11-21-19. Survey made and division into shares
The special commissioners shall, if deemed advisable, cause a survey to be made of the lands to be divided, in their presence, and shall divide the same into the number of parts or shares directed in the order containing their appointment, each part or share to contain one or more lots, as the special commissioners […]
§ 11-21-21. Allotment of shares by ballot
The special commissioners, if the same have not been done by the surveyor, shall make a plat of land to be divided; shall make true field notes, specifying the metes and bounds of the several shares, and of each parcel of each share which contains more than one parcel; and the several shares and parcels […]